The impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe

Abstract We provide a survival analysis of cancer patients in Zimbabwe. Our results show that young cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to old cancer patients. Male cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to female cancer patients. Race and...

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Autores principales: Idika E. Okorie, Ricardo Moyo, Saralees Nadarajah
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:33df765465444e72a6e2ad815d48c1d62021-12-02T17:34:35ZThe impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe10.1038/s41598-021-91781-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/33df765465444e72a6e2ad815d48c1d62021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91781-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We provide a survival analysis of cancer patients in Zimbabwe. Our results show that young cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to old cancer patients. Male cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to female cancer patients. Race and marital status are significant risk factors for cancer patients in Zimbabwe.Idika E. OkorieRicardo MoyoSaralees NadarajahNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
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The impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe
description Abstract We provide a survival analysis of cancer patients in Zimbabwe. Our results show that young cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to old cancer patients. Male cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to female cancer patients. Race and marital status are significant risk factors for cancer patients in Zimbabwe.
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Ricardo Moyo
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title The impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe
title_short The impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe
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